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Police Jury.

Police a uTy.
Fl. HoFFPAUIR, President.
". l.. ELDREDGE, J.T. BRoUssARD
ROBT. GREEN, II. }. MORGAN.
Fl. Fl. BARTELs J. A. LEBLANC.
Clerk Police jury, ARCHIE YOU'VE.
Parish Treasurer. ELIJAH WISE.
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NOTICE

Is hereby given hat l forbid any one
from employing my four SONS, Joseph, AL
Gee. Jean and Pierre Cormier. they being
under age. without first obtaining my per-
mission and paying the mount when due
:, tat.
HORTENSE NUNEZ.
AbbeviIIe. Sept. "a, 1887.
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FOR SALE.
4 FINE PLANTATION CONTAINING
$50 AGREES DE land,

eighty of which are woodland, all under
fence, with the following improvements:
One large dwelling, two cabins, two
corr-cribs, The place is well ditched.
1t is situated about siI miles south OF
Abbeyil!c. and known as the HUFF
place. 1t will be sold for cash, or on
liberal terms. For particulars, apply
10 or address Gus Godchaux, at Able
vile, or l.. Bnrgires, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
st. Mary Parish. Place to be delivered
January /, 1883.
J.. BUEGIRES.
July %, 1SS1-:}m
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Tuesday,, November IL, 1857,

n State OF l.OsclSlaIll, IN the matters OF
tue above entitled and numbered estate,
the undersigned will on
Tuesday, November Is, 1857,
and from day to day thereafter, sell at
,public auction. to the last and highest
bidder, ut the late residence Of deceased,
in this parish. all the property, real and
personal belonging to said succession.
consisting of the following described
property, belonging to said succession, to
wit =
One tract of land situated in the parish
of VermlllOn. containing about enc hun
bred and sixty-oue E-1W acres, designated
as the southeast quarter of section 81, in
township Il, south of range three east
bounded north by Emile Bandoln, south
I1ny Estate of JOS. l.. Broussar6 and q. Pre-
Jean Preserving public road. east by Sos
Ifhenc Leblanc and west by Nicholas
Blanc.
One other tract Of land being wood lynd,
son the west bank Of the bayou Vernilion,
bounded above. below and the rcar by
David Meaux AND east by bayou NeTlnil-
ion.
One dwelling house, one corn crib, Cpl
panncls of fencing, a.few head of cattle
and gentle horses, and a1ot of other small
articles too numerous to mention.
Terms e. Conditions All adjudlcations
for less than ten dollars shall be paid for
cash, and for all a~djudications of ten dol
lars or over, one-fourtk thereof shah he
paid cash on the day Of sale, and for the
balance of such authorizations the puncha-
sers shall execute their notes payable in
one. two and three equal annual Mstal-
mcnts. in one, two ana three years from
the DAY of sac, with eight per rent. per
annum interest thereon from the maturity
of each instrument, with not less than two
good and solvent sureties. in soli6o: Said
notes to bear. also. ten per cent. as attor-
ney's fees to he paid as a pcnalty in case
it is necessary to institute suit to enforce
the collection Of said notes, in principal
and interest or any part thereof. TO he
computed in the amount of suit. Vendors
lien and privilege to he retained upon the
land sold which shall be specially mort
gagged and l,ypntllecated in favor of said
succession until fun and final payment OF
the purchase price.
NEVILLE VINCENT.
Administrator
Abbevilic, October Is. 1887.
Smedes 4 White, AttyS.
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EDITORIAL STAFF.

A. Miles. NJ. D., George 4. Lawrason. ii
D.. Henry Dickson Bruins, NJ. -, Jn". Il
Bemiss, NJ. -, f. w. THrham, Nj. %, Z. Z
Archinard, NJ. D., A. Mcshanc, NJ. d.. E
l.. Bemiss. ESQ.
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T..

Notice is hereby given that application
will be made for the pardon Of E1oi Deluc
Rroussard. convicted at the April term Of
, District Court. 1887, in the parish Of Yer
million. Louisiana.
| Ahheville. October Is, 1887.
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Less time spent in idle dreaming
and devoted to the duties of life
would give wealth and coptentmont.
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school board Directors.

School Board Directors.
W. w. EDWARDS, President.
j.. n. WILLIAMS, JoHN NuGIEE,
JOHN MORGAN. NJ. c. BEoUssARD,
Il. c.. krBBE, NJ. v. LAMPMAN.
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NEW ORi.FAN

NEW ORLEANS
Medical and Surgical journal.
Office: So Carondeiet st. New Orleans.
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ECS
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Twenty fifth Judicial District Court,
Parish of Vermiilon.

Succession of Ozeme Vincent,
DY virtue of IN order of sale granted by
ID the Honorable 18th judicial District
In and f"r.the parish of Nermikon
and State of Louisiana. in the matters of
tue above entitled and numbered estate,
the UNDERSIGNED will IN
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AN AMERICAN GzRLS TRIUMPH.
Mics Bradley Passes an Examination mt
the Ecoie dc Medicine.
From The Yftsburgh Dfpdfch

The ceremony of defending thesis Ia the
nnRl exercise which Ii exarted Of n Partisan medical
ttudent preparatory to receiving the college diploma
The occasion always draws oge her the fri, Ids or ho
student and Is generally frnyed and yarieRated with
fun and rroc with gifts OF flowers and with cnmpl
mentary dinner to the new made doctor Of medicine
But the chief feature OF this day severe examination
OF the candidates by the college bigwlgs who sit In sol
enn state Arrayed in red silk gowns aud wearing
let caps The candidate, whether male female. Is
dressed in black gown with white fchu Md when
Miss Bradley stepped into the arena clad in this trad
tonal garb the general comment Of the audience
How like POtia In the trial scene OF the Merchant
OF Venice"
It was known to Miss Bradleys college mates and
other friends that her thesis would DO "IOdsm and
that she had taken year 10 write an elaborate book
the subject which Will soon be repub,shed In England
from the original French For an hour aud half she
was questioned with great shrewdness and ability by
four OF the leading professors OF the Ecoe do hsdecn
-Drs FonrneT, Gantier Porchet, and Robin. Each OF
these gentlemen had previously received copy OF Miss
Bradeya bold book and they had brought their copies
to the examining room with multitudinOus interrdga
had only been carefully read hut had excited much
curiosity and attention, Miss Bradley had the great adj
vantage Of an unhackneysd theme which she skifuly
Illustrated by n numerous array OF unfamiliar facts
four examiners said 10 her, with admirins rrankness
You have been working now held; We cannot agree
with many OF your conclusions: further Investigation
may lead either yoursef or us to different views but
which does you uncommon honor, and for which We
unanimously award you the maximum marx Of merit Z"
After the announcement Of the award Mas Bradley
WAS entertained at dinner bv Miss Augusta knmpke,
practice In the Hospitals OF Pars 10th these ladies
are AmrIicans-Mss Kiumpke from san Francisco, an I
Miss Bradley from New York, The grandfather OF the
latter Henry bradley, WAS once a candidate for ne
Bradiey.il 4 banker and the Right reverend Bi.hop
kealy Of Maine is her uncle.
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give Long Branch meals--whloh consist of
walters, head walters. and the. aroma Of food
or else they will employ the Madison Square
blan OF satisfying hunger with sight OF tho
prices on the bills Of fare.
WHAT THERE Is TO DO THERE.
This rocking your way on the piazza from
one meal to another L. never adopted bv new
Corners at Quogue. Half the population there
lie always composed Of newcomers. and they
are always wildly anxious to BIO doing oil the
things that the place permits There Is no
down, and ride to Atlanticvllle, on Shinnecock
Bay. or overto Westhampton. or they hire car
riages and do tho came thing They walk a
few city block lengths to the bay. and hire snil-
boats and sail to Canoe Place or Tiana with
tho cockpit q the ssIlboat full Of pretty girls
shoot yellow legs and oxhearts duck. geese.
birds like robins, whippoorwills, Jays. king
flahers. and all the rest They take their
fill Of grabbing also. sport that brings the
most multitudInous reward, and fills all tho
hauling in the crabs with, a line and u net.
They go .berrying and wild flower gathering In
the woods, and rowing, and bathing and play
Ing lawn tennis, and spooning-well. for spoon
ing Quogne ia simply beyond and above any
other place on the coast; excepting OF course.
Narragansett Pier, which has the Indian Rock
and the Haunted Walk. and SO can't be beaten.
ocean, puts up a lot Of what he calls arbors on
the sand, Just beyond the breakers. every year.
These arbors consist OF upright hop poles and
poles laid across them on top. and heaps Of oak
branches on top OF the cross poles to keep out
the sun. Under these arbors, which rent, In
benchcs and here the spooning goes ON from
dawn I'LL late ut nlQhk
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,m. q the hsr. inflicted Sy s ss
o.n On mile. Journey hey would Rsr
ss 4 hf
.nS @ Rae ns % s.- s: IS: s
yepomous re- ever fet oeessioning mos, in,osrsbss
y s mssS s:
SsR sS
RssS, sf s' sp E
bayonets and their necks wrapped around with their
FROM Humboldt. we also learn that between the
unsre he wreteSsd inSaStsnt. are secustome
BURIED the sand tnpse or four deep leaving
the head only which !hsy eSyef x Nth hanIsershief
lated .sSuid r Ssys Been scmpsss @ r..s .s.
S S,Si: az AND 70
mX nor that The Of yS5on. Sss as
& 9 Il plague haze 81
ment OF the human race they should have attained 70
. ts%s ssa aass ins
q a and s SaaS m
A curious coincidence is indicated by a note
in another book on bugs. Elizabethport. New
Jersey. is probably. OF all places In this coun..
try hs oae m the
referred to says
80 horse, % fGas o. 70
toes alone.
A timely conclusion to the whole story Ia the
following extract. also from Kirby and spence:
And now which you the greatest terror that
the forest should sound with the OF the hon or
tho tiger with the hum Of the gnati Which evil 10
be deprecated the neigborhood OF these Zero
cious snimas or 70 live amid the polar or tropical
their ncesRAnt attacksf When you consider that from
the prudence and COURAGE may secure or defend US
without any material sacrifice OF daily comforts,
while to be at rest from the other we must either rem
Gated by fumigations TO be content to be bound.
head hand and foot shut out from the respiration or
the common air, and thus scarcely escape from
the annoyane You viii fee! convinced that the form
the toerabe evil OF the two and be inclined
to think that those cities from which the lions were
driven away by the powerful gnats were no great
gamers by the exchange.
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NANCY FAT.
Happier Far when Belle OF the Shuckings
than when Mrs. Gen. Congressman Elliott.


Not long since there was brief notice in
the papers of the death of Mrs. Gen r. b.
Elliott. wife OF the negro Congressman who a
South ars @ politics. 0' Possb Ss no ~
the present century has experienced such
In I social sea Mrs.
Elliott was owned by family in Columbia, 3.
G; Her name was Nancy, but on account OF her
ton H 81 NancY Fats She was an amiabie.
humble creature, Happy and INDECENT. with
contented while engaged at the most mental
toll and drudgery as when. arrayed in fantastic
and gaudy attire, she danced as belle OF the
During ,the period Of Republican rule Gen.
was, dressed in his usual style Of black broad
cloth and lavender Kid gloves. At the corner
P o~sa be- the SF fss dssny WAS
NANCY Fat" She had Just drawn a bucket Of
water from the pump and it Was balanced on
laughed good naturedy Her skirts were
oi bare st a anEe Ths eject aas
stantaneoSs. and the Congress;m lii, IN broad
Cloth was n0nsiessy infatuated with the merry
rage: me transiormaton rs WondsEful ps
Ing stove she became mistress OF a magnificent
home on one Of the Fashionable streets Of Co
teiiect and unbomnded ambition. He was one me
Of the leading spirits OF the Republican party,
and was regarded as one OF the most intelli-
gent negroes who was eyer known In the
South. He, was from Boston: he was a
finished scholar and successful law:
Nancy caused general surprise. Yet she was
received by his friends with courtesy and
kindness. One day was passing her house
In company with her former mistress. when We
espied II sight that was droll and amusing.
Beside marble fountain surrounded by rare
exotics sat Mrs. Elliott. She was arrayed In
costume OF most extreme elegance. Peaping
from beneath her skirts OF amber satin We
plainly saw her bare brown feet As she saw
us she quickly tucked them under her skirts,
and exclaimed goodnaturedly
Now. old missis. don't laugh at your mig
ger: YOU know never did like the shoes II
the General saw me he would scold. but every
chance get Just slip them of il this fnery
can't make m forget the happv days when l
Congressman Elliott"
Much amused, we passed on, and left her
with her hare feet In the damp sand Of the
fountain. A few years later Mrs Elliott be-
came a prominent feature in the Republican
society Of the State. and also figured con-
spicuously In Washington. II was during
President Garfleld's administration at one OF
the balls that she caused such sensation on
account OF the devoted Mt entions she received
from certain white politicians who wished to
make conspicuous their approval OF the social
equality law. The brilliant negro Congress-.
man Is dead. And only u few days ego the
woman whom he endeavored to elevate by all
that wealth and power could do died in poverty
and obScurty.
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such people really enjoy anything. To re-
turn to the shower. bath-nothing ever was
SO popular there. It appears to take
man and girl o work 1t whenever a girl uses
1t. though when a man is alone he can manage
It very well without help. IT causes 80 much
Girlish laughter which rolls from It all during
the bathing hours as the sound of a distant
beach pours out OF a shell held to ones ear. 1t
simple, modest pleasure without any frills or
style, and with the children along with you II
you have any. and their nurses as well. for
woods and in these DAYS they are so fine that
one shrewd old lady said yesterday that the
the ladies was by looking down at their aprons.
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You land him in your basket. and then the
renl sport begins, for your crab is certain, seven
basket and scuttle over the floor of the boat.
promised not to be at ali afraid. leaps. on tho
her skirts so as to wind them tightly around her
ankles. announces that she has heard they
the horr s hns S' and V% me- ea
this same timid companion will stihe all COM
FUNCTIONS SO far a. to learn to hold live strug-
never; viii she behave any differently from the
ramble around the bottom Of the boat
There are men so lost to gal antry at Quogue
as to egg on young ladies IN bathing robes, or
sonseauencas are dreadful; All crabs are like
they are not in the least particular what they
eat, They will rush for bunch Of pcarly toes
or the pointed end OF little black stocking
gawking at the store windows in town, Fancy
nss %hen the 81 Begins iss ne 'T Ali
the sunshine vanishes from her life and tragedy
and anguish take its place. The air is partly
iul I' M i ii' Watson, Queen Of the
hsn four ads at s oGee as the a r
with the violated toes will make as she leaps
to the bank and counts her feet to see Il they
calmly in the face and ask, her, II she let the
crab go. can never walk, down to the
arbors with her or go to the democratic store.
where the Post Office il, for her letters after
that. But II he Restraints himself and soothes
her and gets her to 90 on catching crabs from
treat to the beer. which y the only thing that
goes well with crabs, and after feeling the cook
can gather party OF ioyial spirits In the din
ing room at 10 or II O'clock when everybody
is hungry, and can have more fun picking the
luscious white meat out Of tho roseate shells
and counting how many the girls eat-with the
mems shells added to each girls pile-more
ting up stiff In stylish draGs or trying to really
enjoy gavotte In u Worth gown.
SOME OF THE BoARDERs.
There are a good many doctors at Quogue
this summer, relieving the m9n9tony OF their
Among them are Br. Ernst i. Holman Of
and Dr. Stuyvesant Morris OF New York and
DIR. Gilfilan OF Brooklyn. DIR. Holman Is a
dead shot, and keeps the pet guests at Capt.
Cooper's supplied with game. Dr. Finch is also
that takes Sso Al hs time He e EaE how
the boarders on the Jersey coast In
cottages are John Wendell OF New York.
Robert Colgate. George Stone, the real estate
operator OF this city; Francis Baker. the com
mission, merchant; George ii. Penniman.
River, and whose vile was Miss Brewer OF Bos-
ton; b, Il. Howell, the Brooklyn sugar rehner;
Samuel D. Craig and his wife. who was q Miss
Rsassn so6enct and e. 3. Bsardslsyy Of Wal
streets Antonio Rasinss. who IL providing
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Rome, N. Y. with street railroad !; W. l., and

Rome n Y: with street rai1Cad; " T. sn ID
and member oi oil the German societies n this
city; John Elderkn, who helps to 9r6l nsa- a
SyGTS and afH eo Brsks ysf
George, A. Belts and Henry Bostwick; Henry
ff EE0EHf or and and sSSG sr
other temporary Qnoguers are Lawyer william
GSSss II sds xSno SGS 9 4 bG sad
lyn.
Some Of the cottage owners did very good
EpHsqpu eRqrc W many ny. miles, nle,'9f town.
Outside and inside y Is covered with shingles.
Those outside de-; are chsmcaly treated to suf
OF tiny, round-cornered shingles left frosh and
new. The effect Is indcscribnHly pretty, espe-
stained glass, DR.. Merriam Dix and many
other ct, famous clorgymen have otllciated thrre.
Tho same element Mt Quogue Is also response:
the Casino that has suddenly done. sio.
simple iaES y. democrst soo old resort Tho seS
s sSs naS2m and a1o but the
half grown lads Of this era who dress like wo.
haP Those Who don
wear knee breaches have taken to what the
girls call "ice-cream pants Iaggy, white
to c"the n poor Yam family he new new Casino GH' she'd
also attracts an astonishing number of girls
who dress like the boys that dress like them
wear tho same sort OF hats and dresses of the
same sorts OF goods and precisely tho same
shoes, and behave 80 very like the girl boys
initiating the other, Their similarity engen-
ders the awful thought that those nre members
OF new sex that came In with the modern
cigarette.
Fancy this sort OF people at a resort so nat
ural that the only place to get shaved there
one for your heels, and one for you to rest
your head on-up high. on the back OF II, SO
that the barber can get at you. Imagine dudes
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larva breathes through it's tail, Most Of the
time the inrya romans OF the bottom Of. the
water, feeding on decaying matter, and by
this scavenger work doing great good IN clear
ing swamps Of miasms. Occasionally they
como to tho surface for air. The common
name for the larva OF a mosquito 10 wig
Cler" and any ono who looks In o stagnant pool
on n summer day will see hundreds OF them.
Ii they are not disturbed they will be seen
floating with tho two tips OF their. tails Just
above tho water They move about In a
quick jerky style that gives rise to their popu-
lar name.
or twelve days Il becomes something else-a
pupa or lumber" The tum blers arc also IA
niliar sights In stuRnant waters. The second
figure In the picture above IL OF o tumbler.. In
this state the mosquito breathcs through It's
head. 1t romans near the surface OF the water,
and when disturbed wriggles toward the bot
tom by tho aid OF two pinllke leaves on its tall.
1t docs not cut.
from Ave to ten days, according to the wealth.
er. and then some day. when the sun Is
bright. II risos to tho surface, it's skin bursts
along the back, and opens out into the form OF
boat u perfect mosquito slowly rises from the
shell till II stands on It's tall takes good look
which i places on the water to balance
time 70 dry, draws ,up Its hind legs
and then, with one flap OF Its wings and one
Kick Of Its .legs-which upsets and sinks the
boat-the insect flies away. The third figure
in the picture is of n female mosquito lust
rendy to fly, picking out ts victim from pic
mic party on the bank. The mosquito consists
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SUMMER FOLKS AT QUOGUE.
QUEER FEATURES OF LIFE At IN
OLD-TIME LONG ISLAND RESORT

The Fun there 10 in Crnbbiur-The Marnetie
Arbors on the Beach-The Barber's shop
Under the Troes-NveiI-known Persons.
Quogue Is generally believed to be the best
and nearest approach to the word clam
that the Shnnecock Indians ever wore able to
make. And that 10 nearer than the much
Landed inteects OF Massachusetts can get at
the present day. for II you show Nantucket.
or New Bedford, or even Worcester county
man one OF those rock-bound. but delicious
bits Of sea fruit and ask him what 1t lie, he will
reply with promptness born Of conviction,
That's a Ko-hog, SIR" So that II We laugh at
tho poor dead shinnecocks. or the two semi
shinnecocks that are holding on to the reser-
walton with tho grip with which q drunken
man clutches at straw, we shall at the same
time be laughing at the best culture this coun-
try boasts.
The Long Ielanders like the name of Quogue
The clams and the Indians have both sholled
out. but the Long Islanders hold on to the
word with the delight that the late Judge
Bowling exhibited over another word once
when he was on the bench.
what wore you drinking. sir" he asked
sterny Of q prisoner. that you came to be 90
frightfully tight as to walk up Broadway
dragging an ash barrel behind you. and de-
claring that It had attempted to pick your
pocket r
Hot apple toddy, your Honor" said the
then very humble man.
whats that you say ?" the Judge asked.
Hot apple toddy. your honor"
Now them" continued the Judge. will you
please tell the Court what 1t was you had been
drinking-no evasion. sir. what was tip
II took few drinks Of hot apple toddy, your
Honor"
well, go on: go on" said Judge Bowling:
"say it again: tell me again what It was you
were drinking; keep on saying It: love the
words"
Just so do the Long Islanders love the word
Quogue, and love to toy with 1t on their
tongues. and print 1t on their bill heads. that
they can beat the world at filling up. and paint
It on tho mile posts and hurl 1t at the New
York editors in accounts Of hog guessing and
cases Of extreme longtIslandlgevity in the win
tor, and In tales Of marvellous fishing and
crowded boarding houses during the rest Of
the year. First there's Quogue. and then comes
Pond QuoRue, and then Quiogue and Quogue
Station. As one Is enough for the average
New Yorker this article will be confined to the
father Of them all. old Quogue ITSELF
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ferent species OF Culicidr In North America
alone with several counties to hear from.
Once the mosquito along with the other Dip
that two were enough for all practical pur-
poses, tho hinder pair were gradually dropped.
The stumps of them still remain, and wiggle
Wien the Insect moves. They are called hal
teres Each foot has two. claws. and two or
three little cushions or skinny palms. which
can walk up smooth wall or stand on q cell
ing and take aim at a bald head below.
The most interesting and intense portion OF
tho mosquitoes anatomy ia the sucker. This
annaratns. snread out for examination, Is as